2012 Series Skinfull Historic Vehicle Rally

[Scallops]

Folks - I think I can safely say we all had a lovely weekend out....the weather turned to our favour, and the trip ran very smoothly. I thank everyone for their contributions to making this trip a very enjoyable weekend. I'd also like to thank the Haines family for having us as guests and making us welcome with delicious Pumpkin soup. Also worth mentioning that GuyG had a mechanical in his 1924 Bentley and as such, was a late starter but better late than never, it was great to see him and a few friends in their Rover. Well done and hopefully we'll see the Bentley another time perhaps. To have 20 vehicles run such a disciplined convoy, with regard to other road users, was a credit to all involved.

Morning Tea at Haigh Park, Lake Moogerah...



We had a fellow enthusiast (Stephen Stansfield) join us for a time....with his Series 2 Ambulance....





Stephen had a few non member passengers who we didn't ask to sign our indemnity form!



This chap was a little worse for wear...



Thanks too to those who helped Stephen out on Saturday and then by returning his vehicle to him on Sunday morning. Your efforts are a credit to this club.

David got his lovely Jag going, and it was certainly a treat to see and hear this magnificent vehicle....not to mention the gusto with which he delivered the Robbie Burns Selkirk Grace before dinner - superb.







It was not the only Jag we saw though....lunch was spent at Brent Haines' property, where he had a couple of classics of his own to show us.....Brent's 1936 Roadster...



Plenty of lovely Land Rovers too, of course....Chris and Elissa's 80 inch...



Neill Dudley brought his sweet 86 inch out too...these historic Land Rovers are simply a credit to their owners...



Just to mix it up a bit....Brent's Jag Roadster....



Not much room in there....





A V12 E-type was also lurking at the farm...







A lovely day in the sunshine...





And our President even cooked us breakfast this morning.....



Thank you all again and a special thanks to my TEC Garry - great job, including the pipe work!!!

[Grimace]

[jbowler]

It truely was a great weekend. Thanks to all those who organised the event, especially Dan. Camping next to a pub - pure genius! I wonder how many old pubs there are in QLD with a nice paddock next to them??

[zulu Delta 534]

For those interested, the vehicle was returned unscathed to its rightful owner this morning not too long after the patient himself was returned home after a careful watch overnight.
Regards
Glen

[harry]

i too thank all for coming along
it was a leasurely drive and a good evening at the pub.

lovely to have a pub dinner and all the fun of the pub without any driving risks,
a beaut fire and great fun with friends.

i also add special thanks to glen and patsy for their efforts with our accidental trip ring in, and his problems, and all the others involved with that.
it was not until this morning that i learnt that his problem also could have been much worse, but for the strength of the car behind him which stopped his descent.
i didn't see that car, but hope it was not injured.

how ironic that a man drives an ambulance and joins our trip and goes home in anither ambulance.

something i do not want to see again,

[Psimpson7]

Firstly massive thanks to Dan from Sam and myself for the huge amount of effory you put into organising this trip.

It was good to catch up with everyone again, and we had a really nice weekend.

I have put a few pics we took below.

Setting up to head off from Ipswich:



Part of the convoy at the hotel in Boonah:



Sam and I:



Another one of the convoy:



Some investigations on Chris's Series 1:



Morning tea at Lake Moogerah:



Heading off again:



At the property near Tarome for lunch:



Our esteemed trip leader:



Some of the group:



At camp:



View from the campsite:



Gary, Grimace and Josh:



The 101:



Neils lovely series 1:



Got heaps of pics from in the pub but most of them unsuprisingly are slightly unclear!

Here is about the best one of Tim and Laurelle:



Thanks again to Dan for organising the weekend. Roll on next year.

Edited to add I am glad that Steve is home, Hopefully his health improves.

Edited to add 2. The stage 1 did 15.8l/100km

Rgds
Pete+Sam

[Grimace]

Ok, I will update this thread tonight with my images, somehow, even the pub ones came out good!

Just a quick thanks to Dan for organising this ripper weekend. All the effort paid off big time. I am certainly looking forward to the next one.

Thanks to Josh for accepting my role as his passenger for the weekend. An exciting drive made even better cruising along the country roads in a range rover classic !

Thanks also to all the members who participated and contributed to making this the most orsum weekend ever
I felt bad heading home on Sunday afternoon, thinking about the members that could not attend or missed out on this trip, it was great drive, a great laugh, and as per the image I posted earlier, a great success.
I hope every member can make the next one, might just have to find a bigger pub

Cheers
Grimace

p.s. I will also do my best to PM some individual images to members, as I have so many portrait shots of everyone having a Flipping good time!!!

[disco_thrasher]

smell something wiffy on your fingers there Dave

Rgds
Pete+Sam

[Busman]

Nice one Kelvin !!

I looked at that photo to and thought Huh !!
I was about to sneeze

[Busman]

We had a fantastic time at the GCLRO 2012 Series Skinfull Historic Rally.
22 cars old to new running from Queens Park, Ipswich and our route took us to Boonah’s Dugandan Hotel, Lake Moogerah, via Mt. Alford, and the Tarome district.
The final leg of the rally had taken us to the Historic Rosevale Hotel, where we camped and had dinner at the pub.
Duke box raging, lots of singing and dancing (YMCA) Scary !!! Yes and much more !!
Huge dinner, Played pool, had a great laugh.
After an amazing night at the pub we ventured back to the camp fire, where the party raged on until the early morning hours.
Gary played us some Scottish tunes or tried with the Kilt on and Bag Pipes a blazing !!
Alot of very slow punters out of bed for breakfast, where Josh cooked us all up a storm of snags, scrambled egg and bacon !!
I did not have to drive the whole weekend !!
Louise would not let me drive the 2a the whole weekend: ?? Mmmm , maybe has something to do with The Camel recently ??!!
At least l could have a beer and not have to worry about driving.!!
Bit of Birthday cake after wishing Glen best wishes, we headed home.
I turned the computer on at 2pm, and woke up a couple of hours later in the chair.
I was knackered, but really enjoyed the weekend.
A special thanks to Dan from Louise and l, for all the effort you put into this weekend.
Thanks also to Josh for the Brekky !!


Fantastic time with great people !!